British Airways passengers 'removed' from flight because of baseball cap

British Airways passengers have been removed from a plane by police after a fight broke out over MAGA hats. Two women were removed from a British Airways flight at Heathrow after an altercation reportedly provoked by a Make America Great Again (Maga) cap.

The incident occurred on Saturday as the women, aged 40 and 60, were preparing to board a flight bound for Austin, Texas. Witnesses said that one woman took offence at her fellow passenger’s red Maga hat, worn by supporters of the former US president Donald Trump, and asked that it be removed, the Sun reported.

Flight BA191 had been due to depart the airport at 12.10pm and eventually took off at 2.11pm without the two women onboard. A spokesperson said: “Shortly after 12.45pm on Monday, 28 October, police at Heathrow were made aware of an incident involving two women waiting to board a plane in Terminal 5.

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“A woman in her 40s and a woman in her 60s made counter allegations of affray. Enquiries are ongoing.” British Airways said in a statement: “We apologised to our customers for the delay and got them on the way as quickly as possible.”

A Heathrow source told the Sun : “With the US presidential election so close, tensions are sky high. Airline crew could not run the risk of a full scale punch-up at 30,000ft. BA officials cannot recall a flight being delayed before due to a passenger’s baseball cap.

"It was extraordinary.” Tensions are heating up ahead of next week's Presidential Election, with Democrat candidate Kamala Harris warning that Trump was seeking unchecked power. The election will take place next Tuesday in the US.

She said: "We know who Donald Trump is" adding the then-president sent an "armed mob" to the US Capitol to try to overturn his loss in the 2020 presidential election.